Part II

Registration of Births

Still-births.
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Except so far as otherwise provided by this section or as may be prescribed, the provisions of this Part of this Act shall, so far as applicable, apply to still-births in like manner as they apply to births of children born alive.
2
Any qualified informant giving information to the district registrar for a registration district of the particulars required to be registered concerning a still-birth shall—
a
produce to the registrar a certificate in the prescribed form stating that the child was not born alive, and, where possible, the cause or probable cause of death, any other relevant medical information and such particulars of the condition of the mother before the still-birth as may be requested in that form, which certificate shall, if a registered medical practioner was present at the birth or has examined the body of the child, be attested in the prescribed manner by him, and otherwise shall be attested in the prescribed manner by any registered midwife who was present or examined the body; ...
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3
Every registered medical practitioner or registered midwife who was present at a still-birth or examined the body of a still-born child shall, at the request of any person who by virtue of this Act is required to
a
give information concerning that birth, give to that person a certificate for the purposes of
... the last foregoing subsection
; or
b
deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a district registrar for a registration district nominated by that person.
4
The district registrar for a registration district, upon registering a still-birth, shall give to the informant without fee a certificate in the prescribed form stating that the still-birth has been registered or, if the person so requests, deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a keeper or other person having charge of a place of interment nominated by that person.
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Words “registered midwife” substituted for words “certified midwife” by Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36) , s. 24(2) , Sch. 7 para. 12
S.21(6) repealed by Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36) , s. 24(2) , Sch. 7 para. 13 , Sch. 8
Words in s. 21(2) substituted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 40(2)(a), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
Word in s. 21(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 40(2)(b)(i), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
Words in s. 21(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 40(2)(b)(ii), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
Words in s. 21(3) renumbered as s. 21(3)(a) (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 40(3)(a), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
S. 21(3)(b) and word inserted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 40(3)(b), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
Words in s. 21(4) substituted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 40(4)(a), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
Words in s. 21(4) inserted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 40(4)(b), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
Words in s. 21(2)(a) inserted (8.6.2013) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), ss. 26(1), 32(3); S.S.I. 2013/159, art. 2, Sch.
S. 21(2)(b) and word repealed (8.6.2013) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), ss. 27(a), 32(3); S.S.I. 2013/159, art. 2, Sch.
Words in s. 21(3)(a) repealed (8.6.2013) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), ss. 27(b), 32(3); S.S.I. 2013/159, art. 2, Sch.
S. 21(5) repealed (13.5.2015) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), s. 32(3), Sch. 2 para. 3; S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3